Certified Nursing Assistant - Contract

LTC CNA

*PREVIOUS TRAVEL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
*AK CNA license can be pending, but candidate must have already submitted the Alaska CNA license application in order to apply. If they have not already submitted application please redirect.
o Candidate must provide documentation of license application that includes application submittal, application fee paid, FPs submitted, educational verification submitted, license verification submitted.
If their AK CNA license is pending they must also submit the following with their application:
oValid CNA license in another state
oVerification of completion of a formal CNA training program (must be able to provide certificate, transcript, etc.)

Start Date: ASAP
Shift: 4x12 Variable
-Note that caregivers are not asked to rotate between night/day shifts (occasional exceptions for urgent staffing needs). Shifts will be either Days or Nights, but dependent on facility needs at time of start date.
Duration:Traveler's Choice for 26 or 13 week assignment
Ratios: 1:20
Years of Experience: 1
First Timers Accepted: No
Certs REQ: BLS
All caregivers are required to obtain the Alaska Food Worker Certification as a requirement of working in a LTC facility. Clinicans will obtain certification during orienation on-site at facility. They do not need to complete this prior to their start date. There is a one-time *** fee for this certification.
Skills REQ: LTC Experience
Is on-call REQ: No
Will the clinician float within scope to meet facility needs?: Yes
Open to accommodating a block schedule?: No
Locals Accepted: No - Candidates perm address must be at least 50 miles from facility
Pending License Accepted: Yes - but must have already submitted application
RTO Restrictions: No more than 2 weeks of RTO will be considered for a 26 Week Contract. Preference is for traveler's to be willing/able to work any holidays. All RTO must be sent with submittal. RTO will not be considered if requested after an offer or after signing contract.
Guaranteed Hours: 72 Hours per 2 weeks - Traveler can be called off for 1, 12-hour shift per 2 weeks

FACILITY INFORMATION
Type of Facility: Long Term Care Facility
Magnet/Teaching/Level Trauma: n/a
Total Staffed Beds: 40
Scrub Color: Any
Charting: ECS
Parking Cost: Parking is free

Facility will arrange for shuttle transportation to and from Anchorage at the start and end of the traveler's contract. There is also a local shuttle in Seward to assist with local transportation.

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Years of Experience:
  0.5 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:10-20
• Charting System:
  Required, Any
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  Yes
  Note: Previous travel experience is required
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  BLS
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Professional Skills and Knowledge

  Abnormal/Normal Vital sign parameters (Adult and Pedi)
  Safe patient transfers

  Activities of Daily Living

  Assist with ambulation
  Assist with feeding patient
  Assist with turning and repositioning
  Bed shampoo
  Change linens (occupied, unoccupied)
  Complete Bed bath
  Foot care
  Mouth care
  Perineal care male/female
  Pressure Injury Prevention
  Shave patient
  Shower assistance
  Skin care
  Urine/Stool Incontinence Care

  Infection Control

  Donning and removing PPE
  Isolation Precautions/PPE

  Equipment

  Glucometer
  Oxygen tanks
  Pulse Oximetry

  Procedures

  Glucose point of care testing
  Obtain Blood pressure, including orthostatic
  Obtain patient Respirations
  Obtain pulse (radial)
  Obtain Temperature (oral, rectal, axillary, Tympanic)

  Work Settings

  Long Term Acute Care (LTAC)
  LTC
  Skilled Nursing

  Recording and Reporting

  Reporting change in patient condition

  Additional Skills

  Young Adult, Middle Adult, Older Adult
  See Text Box for additional requirements

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